Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

-- . .-.-.--- ---'- - - - - -. Local hotline, cont'd. VI. Find out more before you make y'our choice. W hat ha ppens inside, wh en you run a d ifferent lubrica nt in each cylinder of the some eng ine ... Klotz in one side and a lead ing petroleum-bo se product in the other? The d ifferences w il l astound you. Piston a fter 1,0 27 Pisto n afte r 1,0 27 Get "The Klotz Report. " miles w ith Klo tz miles with petro leum oil Read all about it . See your Klotz dealer for a f ree copy. Or, write us d irect . Please include 25¢ to cover cost of postage and hand ling and we 'll a lso send along our brochure on t he whole Klotz fami ly of products. But be forewarned, you may never wont to run a "cheopie" o il aga in. Dea ler inq uiri es a re welcome. Il!lf@JgPIIWE BTOG O Klotz Special Formula Products, Inc. P.O. Box 1343 Dept. CN85 Ft. Wayne, Indiana 4680 1 Remember the bison ? They were ki lled in great numb ers on the plains. Pretty soon there weren't many bison left. Now if bison had had any brains at all. they wo uld have orga nized. They would have gotte n someone to represent them who wo uld have seen that laws were passed which insured their survival. And we would have some bison around today. The motor cycle industry is smarter ! From all areas of the indust ry people have given their suppo rt to us and we have become a strong voic e for them. TBIY USID TO SBOOT BlSOI 20 In a worl d worr ied about pollu tion. concerned abou t the energy cr isis. we make sure that the industry gets a fair break. From federa l. state and local legislators- as well as the pub lic in general. We're the Motorcycle Industry Counci l. We're strong, but to grow stronger we need you. It's a matter of surviva l! Send for the MIC membership package today. IMtc:1 Motorcycle Indu stry Council. Inc. tOOt Connect icut Avenue, N.W. Washing ton , D. C. 20036 e: 'o " Z oJ x :.: '" ~ Tim and Ch uc k Lunde spent most of the evening battling with each o t her for the lead in the 125 Pro race. one-t wa -t wo ta lly an d Tim Lunde seco n d with a fo ur-one-o ne tally. Only one point decided th e vic tor be tween these brothers. Ed Clark scored third ove ral l. By the ti me j e ff j en ni ngs go t his Bul in gear and off th e line in mo ta t h ree, the 250 Pro leader, Bill Rubly (C-A), was aro und the pond an d th ro ugh the whoopers. jen nings cam e ba ck to pass Ru bly within fo ur lap s. Some bit of racing ! Rubly wo n m o ta o ne while j ennings was signing autographs when the gate dropped. jennings go t o n the gas and passed six riders to p lace second to Ru bly . jennings won mota two very handily with Ru bly second. j umpin ' j oe johnston (Oss] is b ack and lo o kin ' real goo d with a third pl ace finish fo r the night. Two fine Ascot com pe tito rs in the Mini Experts were as usual, in the lead . Bob Ott (Yam), riding for Torrance Cycle Parts took t he overall win but n ot un til he had so m e tro uble fro m last week's win ne r Ric k Atkins (LB H). • Results in Results Sec tion . Bird flies again By Andi GangewaJ:. Steve! Larry Hayes, also riding a Yamaha was sec o n d in all th ree races. Bruce Talbot aboard a CZ took th ird by z o l- e: ::l III oJ ::l '" Z « ~ Steve Loomis earning his Amateur points. co ming acr oss th e fini sh lin e thi rd in m oto s o ne an d tw o and fo urth the last time o u t. • Results in Resul ts Sectio n R.A.C.E. MX E LSINORE, CAL .. J ULY 12 Randy Bird, an 18-year-old from Riverside, was back at Elsin ore to win th e 250 Ex pert class. Randy, a n e x c e l le nt rid er m ade a spec tac ular reap pear an ce, flyin g ove r th e jum p to ta ke the chec kered in all three rnotos. Ro b Mac Ewen, th e n umber one rider a t Elsino re . abo u t fo ur y ear s ago was back to tak e th e second pl ace overall. When Rob does co me to Elsinore he usually just rid es for fu n, but h e was righ t in th ere behind Rand y . Bu l taco mounted Bru ce Reynolds, ca me across the fin ish lin e to score a thi rd overall. Yam ah a 's Steve Woskoski, a " h o t shoe" fro m Redo ndo Beach , chal ked up the first by ta king th e checkered twice in th e last two mo tes, and se t tli ng fo r the second in the first mota . j eff Sp rin gm an was back o n a 125 af te r ri din g a 250 for qui te awhile . j eff , also a Yamaha fan , took th e first pl ace the firs t go 'round, bu t afte r Wosk oski go t warme d up, th ere was no st opping th at fas t Yam ah a, so j eff was le ft to th e sec o nd pl ace for m otos two an d three. San j acin t o resident j oe Steffen , a very co nsisten t ri der, was third . Steve Lo omis, 14 from Hem et, rod e a 250 for th e first t ime an d proved to be as ade pt o n it as h e is on h is 125. Loomis wo n all three motos to ta ke the firs t an d the tro p h y. 111is was Steve 's last ride as a No vice. He '5 earned e n o ugh points to be come an Am ateu r. Congrar 's By Terri Buchanan CORONA, CAL.. j ULY 10 One o f th e be st th ings a bo u t ni gh t racing in the summe r is y ou don 't gc t so h ot. The warm summer eve n in gs m ake ni gh t raci ng perfect, and wh en you add Corona Raceway 's excellen t track , you co me up with a fi ne night of great ra cing. Mini Cycles were first off, with Dir k Sweet (Ha n ) a u t fron t, Billy Boschert (Ha n ) second , and Do n Van Ry n (Ha n ) third. Swe et fell before the first lap was co m p le ted , giving th e lead to Boschert. Boschert led fro m there on in . Mo ta two had J oe Ham ilton (Yam) firs t all the way with a spacious lead o ver VanRy n , and Swee t ge tting a d ist ant third. Moto th ree was jus t lik e the seco n d ra ce. First overall wen t to Hamilton , VanRyn got secon d an d Swee t took th ird . T odd !\Iiller (lion) swep t up th e 100 junio r class, hi s opponen ts Ron Rossetti (Ho d ) an d Mik e Courtney (Yam ) far behind. Rose tti clai med ove rall secon d with a tall y o f 2-2-2, and Courtney too k th ird. David j o nes (lIo d ) was firs t o ff th e line in mo ta o ne of the 125 j un ior class , and Sco tt Sheedy (lion ) soon passed him. Jones' bi ke broke, and Sheedy fell co m ing o ut of th e hills on the second lap, giving the number one spot to

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